Igama lam ndinguEmmanuel Blanco kwaye ndinguNjineli woMthombo woLuntu weGalveston County Food Bank.

Ndazalelwa eBrownville, TX kwaye ndihlala kwindawo yaseHouston iminyaka engama-21 ngoku. Ndithweswe isidanga kwiPasadena High School ndaza ndaya kufunda kwiSan Jacinto College. Ndiyakuthanda ukukhonza ecaweni yam, iBandla lokuqala lasePearland, apho ndincedisa njengombulisi emnyango kunye nelungu leqela elisingatha iindwendwe zam. Ndiyakonwabela ukuchitha ixesha nosapho kunye nabahlobo. Kananjalo ukonwabela ezinye zezinto endizithandayo njengokuya elwandle, ukuya kwimidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo, ukupeyinta nokumamela umculo.

Kwixesha elidlulileyo bendikhe ndasebenza kumzi mveliso wamagqwetha, kodwa ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba nditshintshe amasimi ukuze ndisebenze kwinkonzo zentlalo ukunceda nokunceda uluntu.

Ndinethemba elikhulu lokunceda kunye nokufikelela kuluntu lwethu ngeenkonzo esizibonelelayo. NjengoNjineli woMthombo woLuntu ndinokunceda abantu ngokufaka isicelo seNkqubo yokuNcedisa iSondlo (SNAP), iMedicaid yaBantwana (CHIP), abasetyhini baseTexas abasempilweni, kunye noNcedo lwethutyana lweeNtsapho eziSweleyo (i-TANF).